Pokémon · E-Card
Shuckle
Skyridge · #96 · Common · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$26.70
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 96 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 30
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 213
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Shuckle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Poisonous Saliva) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥15 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Shuckle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥15 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.31 copies on average · 78 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.9%
- -6.3 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Shuckle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Vase Body
All damage done by attacks to Shuckle is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
GCPoisonous Saliva — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Shuckle has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Shuckle — Mega Evolution
Played in 32 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $23.00 | $87.00 | $199.78 | $26.70 | $199.78 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $299.99 | $299.99 | $299.99 | $249.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.89 |
| 7-day average | €2.91 |
| 30-day average | €2.64 |
| Low | €0.30 |
| Trend price | €3.37 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €4.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €9.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €15.87 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €16.30 |
| Reverse holo trend | €17.89 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shuckle is real?
Shuckle is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Shuckle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shuckle is $26.70; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Shuckle from?
Shuckle is from the Pokémon set "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Shuckle?
Shuckle is a Common card in the Skyridge set.
Other Shuckle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
